Bag holder



J. L. MORRIS.v

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION man nml, 1921.

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Patented l?, iQ/22h JOLLY L. ivionnis, or energien, Panneau/"finie,Assienon 'ro THE Mon-nrs auroivmrio serian conrnnr, or Gitarren,rnnnsrnviinra, e conronA'rIo-n or sou'rn DAKOTA.

BAG HOLDER.

Application filed December l, 1921.. Serial -No. 519,146.

To all w /mm 'it may concer/1t.'

Be it known-that l, JOLLY L lllomuaa citizen ot the. United States,residing at Grafton, in the county o't Allegheny and State otPennsylvania, have invented 'certain new and useful l-iuprovements inkBag Holders, of which the following is a specificationy reference beinghad therein to the accom panying drawings. I

This invention relates to bag holders and has for an object to vprovidea bag holder especially, though not exclusively adapted for for use inconjunction with automaticl scales and presenting new and improvedteatures or reliability and convenience.

A further object of the invention is to provide, inv combination with aplatform having upstanding spaced struts, a sleeve properly proportionedto till a part oi the open end of a bag, with a spring offset adapted toengage within the bag and maintain the margin` ot' the bag uncer tensionabout the sleeve.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sleeve of conventionalhour-glass shape, the. lower converging fiange of whichv is adapted toengage Within the open mouth of a. bag and provide for introduction ofiilling material therethrough with a subst-antially .radial yieldingoffset adapted to also engage within the open mouth of the bag andmaintain the bag in tensional engagement with the flange of the sleeve,as noted. lVith these and other objects in view the invention comprisescertain novel part-s, elements, units, combinations, constructions andfunctions, as disclosed in the drawings, together with mechanicalequivalents thereof, as will be hereinafter more l'ully described andclaimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure `l is a view in eleva-tuin ot the dcvice shown upon aconventional scale platform, and

Figure 2 is a top plan view ot the device, both of said views showing indotted lines a bag in illing engagement therewith.

Like characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

While the present invention is particularly intended and adapted for usein conjunction with scales and more especially with, automatic cut-oitscales, it is obvious that such scales are only an adjunct to thepresent `invention and that any s ructure which would comprise aplatform 10 or its equivalent with struts 11 upstandi'ng therefrom inspaced relation will serve the purpose for the functioning of thepresent bag holder and. that .the scale base 12 and `trame-work 13 areonly shown to complete the assembly elliect.` l

`Upon the struts 'l1 a sleeve is mounted coinprising an rupper taperedsection 14C having ears lthereon with. set screws 16 for adjusting thevertical position oit the sleeve relative to the strutsll. Beneath thesection 14 and registering' therewith is a section 17 reversely tapered,as shown in the drawings, narrower than the section 14, althoughtherelative widths orthe sections are not essential to the presentinvention.

The sec-tion `16 is provided with tubular members 18 in which areslidably mounted the ends 19 of a preferably U-shaped rod havingsubstantially parallel sections. proportioned andpositioned to slidefreely in said tubular members and with springs 20 tending to move theU-shaped member outwardly away from the sleeve.

At the end of the lll-shaped member opposite the extremities 19 thesections are bent downwardly, as at 21., providing a prei-erably andapproximately vertical section and then outwardly at 22 to .form aninclined section, the inclination being similar to the taper of thesection 17 of the sleeve and corresponding thereto in height so that abag indicated in dotted lines at 23, when the mout-h orI upper edge isengaged over the section 17, may also be engaged by the section 22,which, by reason oi the spring 20, will tend to hold the bag .iu openposition with a portionot the same embracing thev sleeve through whichmaterial may be introduced in any approved manner, as from the chute 24.

ln operation, the mouth ot a hag will be held manually open and liftedunder the sleeve and the upper edge placed about the section 17, beingdrawn manually in the direction of the section 22, which will be pushedinwardly against the tension of the spring until the bag can be liftedover the inclined portion 22, whereupon, by the release of the memberthe spring 20 will force the section 22 to sup-port that side of the bagholding the bag, as will be noted more particularly from Figure 2, openabout the sleeve and exteriding` substantially in artriangle to andabout tbe inclined portion 22. To release the bag, of Course, the member22 is a ain pushed inwardly aga-inst the tension o; thespring,wlier'eupon tlie bag will thatthe same filling" device may be employedby a' slight adjustment to fill bags off various styles, shapes,` sizesand dimensions.

WhatA l Claim is: y,

l. The Combination with a platform and spaced struts of a sleevel'iaving ears einbraef ing the struts, means `to maintain the sleeve atvertically secured, adjusted positions 'upon the struts, and an armoffset from the sleeve yielding radially .relative thereto and providedat, its outer extremity witli means eoaeting with the sleeve forsupporting abag in open position about'tbe sleeve and tbe eX- tremity ofsuoli yielding member'.

k2. A bag holder comprising 'a sleeve' oom- A posed of upper and lowersections, each tapered outwardly reversely to the other, meansto supportthe sleeve in a substantially horizontal plane, a spring controlled armextending radially outwardlylromthe sleeve and yieldingradially relativethereto', and an inelined portion carried by the outer extremity 'of thespring arm corresponding with thetaper of the lower section of thesleeve both as to taper and vertical position.v `In testimony wherof Ihereunto afX my vsignature in presence of two witnesses. JOLLY L.MORRIS.

Witnesses: f l ERNEST PAYNE,

WILLIAM H. BUSCH.

